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Lots of folks back east, they say, is leavin' home every dayBeatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowlThey think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they findNow, the police at the port of entry say"You're number fourteen thousand for today"

Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, if you ain't got the do re miWhy, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, TennesseeCalifornia is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or seeBut believe it or not you won't find it so hotIf you ain't got the do re mi

If you want to buy you a home or a farm, that can't do nobody harmOr take your vacation by the mountains or seaDon't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you areYou better take this little tip from me'Cause I look through the want ads every dayBut the headlines on the papers always say

If you ain't got the do re mi, folks, if you ain't got the do re miWhy, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, TennesseeCalifornia is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or seeBut believe it or not you won't find it so hotIf you ain't got the do re mi

But believe it or not you won't find it so hotIf you ain't got the do re mi